Supermicro is a computer hardware company headquartered in San Jose, California. They design and manufacture server equipment.
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CentOS 7.0 1406 installation fails on NetworkManager time out
Installing CentOS 7 on Supermicro SYS-6027TR-HTRF. The installer stops at:
Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut:
Activation of org.freedesktop.NetworkManager timed…

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Supermicro super server RAID warning
Hey guys sorry in advance for the noobish question.
Our company just received a brand new 6017R-WRF Supermicro superserver. I have been tasked with getting this bad boy setup. I am a software dev and dont much sys ad. Im attempting to put on a…

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Can't find IPMI mac address
The MAC address listed under ipmitool lan print seems to be incorrect, since there is no entry in the arp cache for the set ip address, 10.224.242.121:
# arp 10.224.242.121
10.224.242.121 (10.224.242.121) -- no entry
Obviously the ipmi interface…

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How to recover from raid 5 failure of 2 disks with tw_cli?
I have hardware raid 5 of 12 disks, 2 of them died and the data is not accessible anymore.
I was told that even though 2 disks died, some of the data might be recoverable.
My hosting provider replaced the bad disks with new ones (at start they…

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Supermicro X7DBU, how to put it to sleep
I am very new to server administration and just learning the stuff. I have just inherited a Supermicro 1U Server X7DBU running openSuse 12.3. Is it possible to configure it to go to sleep or low power mode after some period of inactivity? Is it a…

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Automate ssh serial-over-LAN connection to SuperMicro IPMI via Putty
I recently found instructions on how to take advantage of the SuperMicro's serial-over-LAN remote console via SSH. The challenge is after the SSH login a few commands must be executed to start the remote console. As I cannot make any changes in…

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Disinfecting a Supermicro IPMI Board
The IPMI board on one of our servers seems to have become infected - we were hit by the "password in the clear" vulnerability - and it seems to have allowed something to have infected by a bot that launched a DDoS attack.
Right now, we've taken it…

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Reset temperature sensor on Supermicro X7DWA-N
My supermicro X7DWA-N will no longer boot and the temperature light just blinks even when the system has been off for 12 hours, so it's not hot at all.
Is there a way to reset this alarm and perhaps letting the computer boot?
I wanted to try a CMOS…

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Is it possible to configure a supermicro X7DBU based system, with ESB2, to see HDDs greater than 750GB?
I'm currently running a Supermicro 1U server, with a X7DBU motherboard. When I boot up into RAID utility, I can either use ESB2, or Adaptec. Either way, The 3TB HDD (SATA) I put into it, is read as a 750GB drive. The server runs ESXi 5.5, and it…

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PCI Express Lane Configuration
I'm trying to figure out the correct motherboard to buy for a PCI-E card I have. I have decided on the board here,
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X9DRW-iF.cfm
However I cannot figure out if the PCI Express x8 slots are…

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X9SCL-F and Celeron G470 compatibility
Just wanted to ask if somebody has experience with the combination of X9SCL-F and Celeron G470.
I wanted to buy it, unfortunately a seller hasn't tested this combination, so he didn't want to sell it, even though Celeron is listed in the supported…

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AOC-LPZCR2 Equivalent RAID card
We have just had a 'AOC-LPZCR2 Low-Profile All-in-One Zero-Channel RAID card' fail. Unfortunately, we are unable to source one straight away. Does anyone know of an equivalent card which we could use as a replacement, without having to rebuild the…

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How create partitions with custom layout in VM on Xen Server?
We use XenServer with RAID 0, as one disk only (I wonder if this is a good approach, if not what would be ?), then we install Xen. After that we put the centOS 6.4 x64 DVD in the server and try to install it. But when it should came the option to…

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Supermicro 5037MC-H8TRF network wont link up with 100Mbps switch
We have a Supermicro 5037MC-H8TRF micro cloud rack with 8 servers. Each has 2 1Gbps NIC. It works fine with a 1000Mbps switch. But when I connect it to a 100Mbps switch, it does not work(It won't link up). Is there any fix for this? I have only one…

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Supermicro SmartOS setup issue with HDDs
I'm trying to setup SmartOS on my new Supermicro server (SYS-6027R-N3RF4+). I have 8 HDDs + 2 SSDs installed in the hot-swappable drive bays. I have not configured the Intel RAID controller on the machine (it shows no RAID configured, and lists…

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